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Reviewed by Stephen Christopher for Readers' Favorite
Handsome actor Christian Meier had a mediocre run in a TV series, some indie films, and a national commercial and is in the middle of a career slump. His agent, Gordy Roark, has an unusual project for him. He asks Christian to work as an assistant for former Hollywood star Velvet Duval, who’s planning a comeback. Christian’s unenthusiastic about the work until he finds out he’s getting paid $2,500 weekly. However, from the moment he arrives at her house, he realizes something is off about Ms Duval; at first, he puts it down to eccentric star behavior. As the weeks go on, she becomes more and more odd, and he gets stuck in a situation that he’s not sure how to escape. What’s really going on with her, and can Christian get out alive with his sanity intact? Read the exceptionally entertaining Hollywood and Velvet by David Towner to find out.
Hollywood and Velvet is a page-turner from the prologue. From there, it races along like an out-of-control speeding car. The reader can’t help feeling for Christian as he endures endless requests from Velvet, each interaction more bizarre than the previous. Her behavior, while entertaining to read, would be awful for anyone on the other end of it. The shock ending will have everyone gasping. It blew my mind and made me question everything I’d just read. I put this book down extremely satisfied and added David Towner to my list of authors I must read more from. Lovers of Hollywood suspense stories with a touch of peculiar behavior will adore this as much as I did.
